THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
June 8, 1899.
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UCLW, - NEBRASKA
mCPHONSItS.
Ol.CO re Ybas w Advance.
m cbicmit rvi. on.
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Foreibl annexation U criminal ag
graasion, bat I am going to do It all tb
MM-Wn. McKlnley,
Tbto imperialist, Spanish ; war baa at
ready eoat us nearly one-fourth m much
M tb ofvil war. McKlnley to a great
bond maker.
"Msrder aad money" to tb battle or
of tb imperialist, Murder th Filipino
ad make money out of tb oommero of
their Islands. Bloody banded preacher
art willing to aay prayr over th
scheme. ' - '; ; i; )'''"'
Every plutocratto paper tbat oaf
pick contains some reference to Bryan's
Month. No wonder, That moutb baa
played wrlsstlug araaab with a good
van of tblr project, Tbey stand In
Mortaltarror of It. lC'jl i V ':,
Mark Hanna baa tuned op bla Siren
and aet tbem on vtry rock in tba chan
nel. Bat wa hav beard tbelr wet
T oloea before. Nona will ba enticed away
by tb song tbat it ia "Tba Laat Hope
of tba Republic"
Tb nilllloDulree of New York bare
adopted a new fad. It la not now con
idered good form to get married uoleaa
tbers ia a obanca to marry aoroa other
Man's wife, Tb Vanderbilta atarted
tba fad and all tba 400 now rigidly ad
here to the example. " ' " "
Poor old Stioator Hoar thought ba
could reatrain Mark Banna and McKIn
toy by telling them that Imperialism waa
"Immoral and wicked." Tbat only mad
Mark amlle. Hoar did lot aeem to un
derstand tbat immorality and wicked
mmi waa the delight of Mark Uanna'e
Tba editor of the Sarpy county Herald
wants the etufflngebotout of the Cuban
tceasss they would not accept tb bribe
of f 75.C9 a piece and deliver tbelr gone
to Oen. Brooke, Tbat to tb true apirit
of tba Mark Hanna follower. K a man
won't accept a bribe and then atay
bribed, then aboot blm. -. , '
There or aome follow who have at
tached themselves to the pop party and
wbo have perhapa contributed a quarter
aome time to itarty expeneea. Now tbey
dec'are that tbey are entitled to run tba
whole ahootlng match and they will have
gooae liver pla or buat the whole thing
"Yea," aaya the cheerful Idiot of tbe
gold bug order,4'! wonld be for fro allver
If I owned a allver mine." Then , he
amltea a aimporing amlla which he think
will lead peopl to believe tbat he ia a
gold bug because he baa a great big gold
Mia.
Just aa aooa aa McKlnley waa con
vloced that tba report of General Oils
boat having carried hia campaign to a
gtoriou flaleh wa all tale and that a
new campaign requiring large reinforce
meats waa about to begin, be ordered a
peace JqUUm to be celebrated la Wash
tagtoa over which he and the Atv.orlan
prwided with a great deal of dignity.
Oar exports exceeded our Import laat
Ir I8t8.t33.253. Bat only re
wind 104,985,393 ia gold. What be
an olth other I5U1,44?,OOOT Toil
way yon malWt bd. W know aow
tat bow Much w must aend tit the
Money Wader of tb old world every
j ear- Keep at it. lUle the eurn, wheat
aad pork. rWII it and t the otoe
Tbua Mostly tuaam must hav it.
Tbaadiio of tb ladWrwadeat aet a
MpwblicM lawyer oa the etreet aad wee
eesMted with tbereejotk; "IWtye
UiM y o art a nttva fu iM as
tfettoe ea ion cmII a a4 oar re b
MuhaatatetUae? New all .4 a ptmf
eery day. "Waal da yon ey
fe H-vit U-ra tot thy
blC''Ma 4 kiVa aad lbM mm aad
f.vMt (kiU right ba4 l the
tpieinfevV'N
TUra are a a eaiorul hutklWe) hi
Catcxxtry wha are veriUrgeaed
rzi ta IJtotf awn aatiM tlat tw y
CJ ttt thef nt t the.
r' ti trr bdW IV they )l alt
CsM;l tAeaaaaUen
Lzm 1asM tbey, new
retat aevvt rwea M the
tzi VJ mttst kMrl bAwv It ban
li txw, ltrwtiiwia
crso ti t'J tJ r;i-J It, 1
Banna or THB FIMT.
The people of thle atate would be glad
to bare the Firat regiment return to the
state capital and be mustered out at the
place where it waa musWed u. "o war
thousands of the people' could assemble
and ahow the brave soldier ho proud
we are of their deeds. Hot If thatst
ranrcment cannot be made xept at a
eoetotllOO.OO for each of th privates
!. itni'tfutlt. TbofatM of the
nrivate soldier wll be that of ll others
of previous ware. He will be feted and
tmMtA for a, dav or two and tbenhs
111 ha turned out to huut for a jh. He
will And tbat a hundred dollar In hie
pocket will, under auch circumstance,
ha nt mnnh more benefit to him, than a
Um Ao.m nt 'MMtJiitf and adulation, II
sw rt wm wp --r?
luatlo were dona to tbem, tney wouia
be brouft-bt to Lincoln a a regiment,
mnatered out here and given tba nun
drad dollara beaidea. ,
tbi oht orATBinr.
Tba republican convention In Ohio at'
tempt to revive tb catch pbraeee la nee
in itb campaign of 1890. Congr
man Kerr talked of "confldence" and
"wa Intend to pay onr debta In tba beat
money In naa f j tha world." Th peopl
cot orettv well acaualnted with tbat
"confidence" gam in tb laat prociden
tia! oampaign and are not likely to be
taken in with It again. A to paying
our debt in tba beat money In the world,
tbat to tha cry of a thief. If be bad aald
w will par our debt In money of th
aame value In wblob tbey are contracted,
that would be a atatement of boneaty.
Tbat cry baa lout ita force, Italwaya
waaaory of tb thief and every Intelli
gent man now knowa that It ia.
Tb repnbllcao an fond of referring
all tb III of tba panto of '98 to "tb
democratic time." The Buffering under
Cleveland war only made ' poaaibl by
tba united aid of tha republican party
leader. It waa In fact, tha leaderebip
of tb republican senators tbat made tha
repeal of tba Sherman act poealble, In
atead of being "democratic times,'? It
waa "republican tlmoe." If the Clove
and time were bard, the men who.
fongbt Clevelaod and all bla policies,
abould now have t(ie aupport of these re
publican who denouno tbem, and moat
prominent among tbem all, ia W, J.
Ilryan. Th men who made the Cleve
land time were Sherman, Hoar, Hale,
Uawley, Aldrlob and the real of tbe gang
that are now denouncing them. The
men wbo tried to avert them, wore
Bryan and bla preaent enthusiastic fol-
owers, Tba cry of Kerr at the Ohio re
publican convent'on waa pur hypocrisy,
tut it i Impoaalbl for a man to ben
republican loader and not be a hypocrite.
The Stat Journal undertook to give
the" mullet bead torn rellglou counael
tb other day and it talked about "tbe
twelve table of Moaea." , All tbat any
obrlatlan vet heard of waa two tablea
of atone. Sinoe it baa adopted Mobaro-
medium and baa taken up th Koraa, It
get it Mrlpture badly mixed, It oan
ehout with considerable clearueea: "Con
version by th eword, deatiny and great
ia Allah," but la losing ita old power of
playing tbe obrlatlan saint. ' 4 .')'.
Tbe republlcaae have become ao'lgno
rant and degraded that even tbulr edi
tors apeak a kind ol "patoia" like the
lower olaseea at Europe. Tbe ' beet In
formal peopl are sometimes put to
great Inconvenience by not being able
to understand It. Many of tbe words of
republican patoia, while the aame aa In
English, have In the dialoct of the mul
let heads an entirely different meaning.
As an example: The word "traitor" in
the republican patois, moans one wbo is
oppoeed to changing this republio Into
an empire. Tbe word "copperhead"
means on who la oppoeed to foreign
ware of oonqueet. In tha aame patoia
tba word "republican" means one wbo
to oppoeed to all the principle ever ad
vocated by Abraham Lincoln. By k sop-
It. Uijm dwBultlone In mind, one may
be able to understand them fairlj well.
The land grabber ar never idle. At
the Trana-Mieslselniil convention la
Wichita lost week the effort to secure
the pas of a .! ll Uvorlug the
eeion of th etMM "nrU laod' to
the several alato M to a hot debate
hkh wa tha great hniture ol the meet
ing. The out eome wit the adoption ul
modi (tod iwaolutlua whWh will the
rveomoMHidiag SMMioa hedge about
with eo many rtrWtka as to utnke It,
la the taaf nag of Uovv Uaridiy. a
Mg-UII." lie effort to scwr
stun f the reataiaUg mUto land to the
ti to th aam old at heo ig la
Nebraska or eight year ago wkoa
aa elvnt a male to gt tUu U
dm t push 'h a bill thriMMI eaa
ire, iUa4f ataftmllalhatdifve.
itaa, wl in rwii iui tm
bm th wWa e4irt f4 th etata, frai
s . , . .
rHitvlwt a tt aa putmiuta, wt aa
lgVM-M teat he gUI eetkh.
IWI 4 all th aiMtt) th ay4-w
f Uad abarlaaha waat toat httM wl
th vaet reali af al tm Ua4 ,
thttbat It to awin h their
4wfiaMiiatttt
tmaavsiitsair iMUiaav
Tb wrhi th tlla ba
a eagvft4 lata tba ht M an4 Mla4
ul th mfto of this eMiiry thai 1 twa
trwto every waa a4 vy ao4Ha,
it all hctaof ttan. PatsO al ll theewto
a ttie4 tMt whtolM ahaahl avtva,
Tb way to show honor and gratitude to
to take up a collection and preaent dol
lars to tba one honored. It to tbe low
eet and vlleat thing that tha world aver
saw. What would Washington bav
said if upon bla retirement from public
service it bad been proposed to take up
a collection and preaent him wltbdol
Iare7 Tha degeneracy of tbeee United
State exhibited ia tbl worship ol tbe
dollar i appalling. Tbera ia no honor
In anything any mor exoept tb al
mighty dollar.
' aurtMTITIOX.
Th srowtb of eoperetltlon In tbe
United State In tb laat fewyeare,
oecially In tb eitie to awful to oontem
plaU, Ou will mt very day pmraone,
some of them college graduate, wbo ar
Imply alav to superstition. Orehall
we call It losonlty? One will b talking
to a person to all appearanoee, well du-
cated.nnd will be astonished Co bear
them apeak of gboat, mahatma, aplr
it, mind reading, oommunicatlona from
tba dead or eoase other auperstltlon with
an air and a manner of perfect belief, k
lady who wa ill waa visited by several
ladle all of whom go In tb best clrol
of society In Lincoln. Co, (and aacb
and all of tbem wore perfeotly aerlous,)
advised bar to go to a divine healer wbo
bad lust appeared in town, another
wanted bar to go to a medium, another
adriaed bar to destroy tb medlolne that
the physician bad prescribed although
the doctor waa a graduate of on of tb
belt medical aoboola in tbe United State
atill another wanted a mind bealer sent
for and other bad similar superstitious
notion. : ;'''; .'":'':': .
Now if tbl bad occurred among Igno
rant and unedooated foreigners, it would
not bav been to astonishing. But
every one of these persons waa Ameri
can born, soma of tbem bald degreoe
rora uolversltlea and all wore fairly well
educated. . '. , c r t""
Th rush that la constantly mad to
mlrolsta, fortune teller, divine healers,
medium, show that superstition ia a
dooply seated la the United Stat a It
I In China. And tbe anperatitlona be
lieved In, in our own country are just n
degrading and harmful a those of the
Celestial Empire.
If this growth of superstition goes on
unchecked It will be tbe destruction of
olvllliatlon, Something should be done
to stop It. Mon and women wbo still
bav sane mind should lay aside their
politeness and plainly make manifest to
all such pontons, no matter what grade
of aocloty tbey move In, their utter dla-
riia and onntjifunt for thnee sunnratl.
tiona, which . wlgbt . b overlooked In
avago and bnrbarlnna but are utterly
Inexouaabl in man and women wbo bav
bad th advantages even of a common,
school education. V ' f'l i ) ? V
While the auperstltious number hun
dred In Lincoln, that tort of degrada
tion to still mors prevalent in tbe great
cities olths aaatern atatea. Recent In-
veatlgationa In . New York, , and
Boston, has revealed the fact that
thousands of persons tber constantly
consult oracles, rely upon charms and
a black art is in vogue among them as
degrading aa tba lot Inch worship of tbe
darkest part of Africa. Tbe lives ol
many of these people ar entirely cos
trolled by signs and omens.
There are societies without number all
dorotlng tbolr energies in various ways
to what they think will be for the im
provement of eoclety, but it seems tbat
there le room and a want for more. A
society whoa energies shall be devoted
to the suppression of superstition. Such
a society oould take for ite motto the
words uttered by Paul on Mars Hill
nearly two thousand yoars ago:
"I perceive that ia all things y ar too
superstitious." -
WRKKKWAIUlf
Tb West l'olnt Free Freea aaya tbat
the republican party atarted in lite
pledged to protective tariff, against the
extsnaion ol slavery, (or treehouteeteade,
soaad monry, every dollar aagmtd ns
every other dollar, free aoil and free
speech aad free pre, loyalty to the
ualon and the flag." Where waa that
fellow when tha republican party waa
orgaoited? Now here to a maa wbo waa
th.tr ud U ataVs Lim luh to rvJ
that euumary of tbe flrel repabllean
;4atlorn. The eoaad my buiae
sever waa advocated by the rpublkaa
party satll Mark Hanna got euatrJ t
it machlawry, then about ry InUllW
gat and honest republleaa got up aad
marched uvt if the eoaveatloa.
tun nsrur ul,
ThU papr ha a grt ataey lhl
eit haag, bat ha ol ih all to tbe
Nshraaha la4padt. It to eUa, abb
eatraoat aad tMi'i. It has aaswrva Hi
ethiblt, aad It to fcrwal, btwrvl aa4
Itttil ia the dwasaiua of evwry litieg
Ua. Kvery a4ikil to sart4 with
th go4 aa aad i4aai 4 at ewraoat
hiMMat a4 hr4 swaa. The
la4y'Wt ttMaftea the anptMort 4
evety Mum U the ateJe f KWeh,
Th Mot ws of the laavpMdwat th
Wttov bk It, m4 taa (rwg
texth ta frhe TisWiua' st
rty 4 pwfiHkM aa4 Wvebto ahtwi a
a w.aa.Httot tVaaty rr
ta4 b4 4 llm Chatot In bwt
h'a la Wyaliat th art4e wa Mart
Weay tVs Caf4tal Malooi llg leesie.
M wwtiaj nw4 eathw4 th mi M
valm t ail tca that 4u4 when it
sh44 hurt a4 tww Uu4,
TBI LAWTKRS.
This country has raised up a breed of
lawyers tbat bare been an unmitigated
curse to the whole land. In their prac
tice they hav abandoned all th princi
pie of th common law and in tbelr live
been guided by no principle of morality
known to Chrietlan nation. Big fee,
regardless of bow or In whose service
tbey obtained, bav been tb only ob
jects sought after.
Tb lawyer ofth land could bav
prevented tb formation of any or all
troat If they bad been disposed ao to
do, whether tber badvr been an aatl
truat act passed or not, Tb common
law wa sufficient to prevent tbalr for
mation and to overthrow them If formed.
What ought tb lawyer to bav don?
Inasmuch a court from tb day of
Lord Cok to tb preaent tlm. bav
never given monopoly a tanding, either
in equity or law, tb lawyer oould bar
long ago killed vry monopoliatlc con
cern In tb United State if they bad
wished to do no. But wbll tbey kavn't
killed on of thm , tbey bav tb irnpu
dene to com bfor tb peopl claiming
all patriotism and oak for all tb offlo.
Tbey bad better do aomethlng to abow
their patrlotiem. Th lawyer, If tbey
bad wanted to do It, could bav taken
tb following principle laid down by
Lord Cok and gon Into th court and
cleaned out th whole gang ' of truat
arid combinations, Tbey ar ao axlo
matlotbat thereto not a judge in tb
laud wbo would dare to disregard tbem.
Lord Cok In speaking of monopolies
ay: ...
"First tb price of tb commodity will
be ralsod, for be wbo ha tbe ole willing
will always tnak th prie a b pleases;
second, after tbe monopoly ' I estab
lished a commodity to not so good and
merchantable a It wa before, for tb
monopolist, having tb sol trade or
control, always regarda private benefit
before he eonaidera a benefit to tbe com
monwealth, third, it always ba impov
erfshod many artlii&n and working men,
wbo, before, by tb labor of their band
fq tbelr art or trade,' bad maintained
themselves, their families and tbolr com
munities, and, wbo, after such trusts are
formed, are constrained to live in idle
ness and beggary." '
The Independent propose that tb
populist party lay It down a a rule tbat
until these lawyer get a move on tbem
and go into tb court and do aome
thing to relieve tbe people of tb oppres
sion of the trusts and corublnoelons of
capital, not one of them shall have an
office of any kind, even If w have to
elect farmer to tbe position of judge
w-wm.
If tbey will do
tbelr duty a officer of th court to pro
tect tb right of tb people against the
aggression of th concentration of cap
tal in tbe band of th few, tbey can
bav all tb office a far as this writer
Is concerned. But until tbey go to work
and really do something, w ar in favor
of shutting tbem out.
TAMDIMQ ABMIBS.
Recent statistics abow tbat tba .coat
of maintaining tbe standing armies of
the eighteen nations of Europe, Includ
ing Turkey, is I,1I8,000,000 a year.
Tbe systom there baa gradually grown
until it ia Impoverishing the producers
and bringa indescribable suffering upon
millions of men, women and children
who have done no harm to any one.
It ia tbe most cruel thing of all tbe ages.
Just at the time whon tbia system of
standing armlea ia becoming unbearable
in the monarchies where it originated,
Mark Hanna proposes to inaugurate It
ia this country. How completely plu
tocracy controls the press can be seen
when it Is observed that not a single
great dally or magailn In, tbe whole
land haa had tb courage to make a
vigorous protest against It.
Ws have bad perfect peoo and good
order for quarter of a century In tbe the
United State with a standing army ol
lees than 35,000 mea. Now Otis wants,
be aaya, 80,000 lor tbe rblllppinee alone.
To bold the Thillpplnea after they ar
conquered, will require at least that
many. The will hav to b renewed
every ttv year. It will be eeo that
the first thing tbat result from Imper
laltaia to tbe more than doubling ol our
eUudlug army, A corresponding to
rrv will ato hav to b made in the
navy. European eoaditloaa will aooa
be opoa a In full lore. American
aotbr aiat Warn to bear and rear
sua who bud will be food tor ow
dor. M say a baby boy sow nestling la
his iothr'e arm, will dto oa th battle
Bvttl or la eoat Military kpill bess
of th et'hswva last McKintoji at eoneut't
lug.
tia oa, mullet h ( tf.r your sua
la b hattf4 with shut! WriUwmk
tos m th Im'o ul bir iuiuis, (tpriskl
hif hair aiih nray a4 Utag thm
Juwa la their early grav la rnw
Make ths happy Ua4 a Ua4 sf marn
tog, keu I4 I. try at halt Mt Mwt
of the time la ear row k4x4 m4 dytag.
Ua us! Yes ar u Is r4 la M s4
ion tilt to4 f wrfU a4 1 aasatry
ihs U ehuet 4, tiawa. Yvn don't
eaea t hav aay hraiaa, aa it to no n
ha try tw rMui nith ion, Uivs n
iasdtsi svmiasv big aati, h4o4j
h(UK Ureal U AUh a4 aVatiay eaa
not be thaa4.
rt u a niau a ttt nt.
Tb ar sat to than afcf al re
aWssaaa hi tnto ettf fa
aja Ma4l Metnaslvea rwh, M
masy wl thaw am samf-toMf hash
rupted and dare not own in their
own name anything. Other of them,
while not quite that bad off, cannot
afford to live in tbe fin house that
they built for themselves and their fam
Hies and are offering tbem for sale at lees
than half of what it cost to build tbem
It is said tbat nearly every prominent
residence in tbe eity ba been offered tb
tat for a residence for the governor
that wa provided for by tb laat legis
lator, and nt such ridiculoualy low
price tbat a general demand baa been
mad an tb atat officer to keep tb
bid from th public because, If known,
it would b a blow to tb prloe of real
estate In tbe city. .
Now then la just a much wealth in
tbl city, or nearly o, for tb fires bars
destroyed ome, as tber ever was. , I
It not a atrang atat of affairs that
tbl wealth bas mod th owners of It
poor? Wby ar not tb man wbo build-
d the flo mansion atill rich? Tber
can b but on anawer to tbat queetion
tbat will 00m mend itself to tb common
eene of mankind, Tbs wealth to still
hers, but Its valus In money has been
rsuuoM about seventy-nv pr cent.
Money, in comparison with real estate
In Lincoln ba inoreaeed In vain aboot
ISO per oen I. Tbat increase In tb valu
of mony bas mads bankrupts of tbs
men wbo ' built and owned the fin
mansion. , - :
A stranger thing than all tbl I, tbat
tb Man wbo bar thus been made
bankrupts, Insisted upon, voted and
ought for the very thing tbat reduced
tbem .to poverty and bankruptcy.
Tber is not 00 of tbem but wbo know
tbat if tbey could sell their property at
tba old values, tint is, If tbe valu of
money were reduced 75 per cent, that
very on of tbem could pay on all of
tbelr debt and bav enough Wt to live
in comfort the.reraalnder of bi life.
Her to a mansion offered for 925,000.
f tbe owner could sell it to tbs stats for
1100,000 be would be very glad to do it
no doubt. If he owed 035,000 b could
pay hi debt and bav a comfortable
sum left. But tbat would mean tbe
cheapening of money and an increase in
th price of real estate, No man can
deny that. Is it not atrange tbat every
one of these republican bankrupt are
out on tbe street every day denouncing
tb advocates of such a policy as repu
diates, anarchist and copperhead.
What Is tba republican bankrupt to
do after be sells bla mansion? II be gets
enough to pay bis debts be will be lucky,
Then, past bis prime, . be must . face a
world where every buines Is in tb
band of a trust. What can bs do? He
can go around the street denouncing
cheap money, free silver and shouting
for tbs gold standard and Imperialis
And tbat is probably what these mullet
beads will continue to do nntll they are
laid away by the bands of charity in a
pauper's grave. Go on. Tbe gravels
not very far off for most of yon. Your
children will serve the trust as em
ployee If tber ar so fortunate as to
get a situation, and those that ar not,
will join the innumerable throng wbo
are bomelee and propertylee.
NEW OPriOIAX OATH.
Tbey ar bribing soma of tbe Filipinoa
by giving them office. When tbey awear
them in tbey don't make tbem ewear to
aupport and defend the constitution of
the United States. Not much. Tbat
would not do at all. No one la defend
ing the constitution of tbe United States
over tbore. If one should ao awoar, ho
would have to take up arma against
McKlnley'a troopa and fight on tbe aide
of tbs Filipinos. Tbe oath tbat these
new found officers take ia: "I rtcognite
and accept the supreme authority of the
United States." Aa McKlnley to, juet at
present, tb aupreme authority in tbe
United States, this Is simply an oath to
accept tbe authority of McKlnley, or to
be exact, Mark Hanna.
Every day this imperialism get ua
Into contradictory aud ridiculous altua
tlons. What would be mors ridiculous
than an officer of tb United State be
ing in auch a position tbat if he awor to
support the constitution be would be
committing perjury,
The new found policies, new found
offleer and new lound Ward will yet
disintegrate and destroy tb beet gov
ernment the world ever eaw, ()o It, you
mullet head. "For wide to the gate and
broad is the way that toadethto d-
atr notion."
THM 14TKT LIB,
Tbs goldbug pra to raatng)tbM
lowing It mad out of whole eloth;
"fuloaat Bryaa ha rweeatly written a
aw booh atuS plae4 11 Is the haade of a
sotorioa rat printing ftta to h prist
e4. t'aloa 1-rtaUr throughout the
eoaalry hav tla rto;?ofts at
IM aad are orgaaliiag ta ttW Mr
Brian, Irst fur the tomlaatioa, aad
ty fall ia this thy wOisarry th-jSght
lata the elvcltua.1
Brfaa hoaa't written aay ihttak aa4
haa no la ! la aay booh no e th
awrlst etMpt The rt MUUt.
hKh has rvtfy ta ph4h4 la thh
eago euaUJaiag gMldi uf atntte
tka troat Brraa'n wriUag aad
eiwevb, ht ba ha a tatareat! in
nkaWv, If a goM bag 4itot twatda't
sttUmh a i ahuat bry an vy day or
sa hto salary waeUt bs kta4. It
thW always sss ta It that tan aar-
ary sVeaa't ,
Tb tMatostaH rsglase (has aa tar a4-
vaaa4 that n Uy ar a4ag tao
to prevent tramp committing suicide.
Several states have on their statut
book laws making suicide a crime. We
suppose that tbe. way tbey intend to
punieh a auicld ia to bribe St. Peter to
lock the doors against him or hire tb
devil, if the tramp goes to the other
place to giro blm several very extra
roasts. Go it, yon plate. Tbe like of
you wa never sees before.
AMGLOPBOAIA.
There la not a man In public ' Ufa that
ha ao disappointed his friends and for
mer admirers as John D. Long, secretary
of tbs nary. Tbs editor of tbs Indepen
dent knew blm personally some year
ago, wbeo tb lor of liberty bad not
died la tha hearts of tbs cultured writers
and sobolnrs of Boston. Tbs spirit that
bad livsd in tbs hearts of such msnas
Phillips, Garrison, Whlttlor and other
wa still reflected in th llvss, apssobes
and writing of th Utter classes. Tb
worship of ths almighty dollar bad no
considerable number of follower. In
th best dobs and highest circles, tb
millionaire churches and millionaire of
New York wer sneered at as "the newly
rich" while tbey themelvea, wer proud
to b 1 ooasldered tb follower of th
motto "noblesse oblige." Now all aeem
to b changed and among thoss wbo
bav adopted th new cult I John D.
Long, " ',' ' '
As an example of bow far bs bas de
parted from th old Boston Ideas, his re
cent action in regard to uniforms in tbs
navy gives a good illustration. Boston
used to bs proud of tbs Declaration of In-
dependence and tb glorious heroes of Bun
ker Hill. Long seem to bav discarded '
all that sort of sentiment and is for any
thing tbat will ape England. A few
dude naval officer wanted to adopt th
English uniform. Long issued an order '
commanding It to bs don. But tb
American navy tbat ba fought England
for a hundred year refused to submit
without a protest. , ,
"If the English navy," said an officer,
"adopted a linen duster, pair of boot,
paper collar and straw bat and a ser
vice uniform, some of tb American
officer would go insane if our navy did
not adopt tb aame. Any old tbing ao
it ia English. The blouse I the most
comfortable, dressiest and neatest gar
ment ever worn by any officer in this or
any other country. No other navy in
tbe world ba tb blouse, and it la mili
tary looking and dignified. It was ad
opted by Rear Admiral Porter several -
yehrs ago, and nine-tenth of the officer
protested against ita being discarded."
Tbe consequence of this protest from
"nine-tenth" of th officer of tb navy
waa tbat Secretary Long bad to coun
termand hi order to ape tbe Eogliah
uniforma. The incident ahow bow far
John V, Long baa gon astray from tb
principle he advocated in bis younger ,
day. ' . , ,
V ' 1 1 I II I ' ITS
Hardy's Colpian.
Sow Wheat Consistency Thompson
Still in tbe Ring-Clvll Service An
nexation and Expansion Brewer
and Millionaire. '
Farmers will do will to sow a good
share ol their corn ground, between tb
rows, to wheat in September.. Tbe
ground should be cultivated thoroughly
this summor; it will be all tbe better for
tbe corn crop, then it will be in fatter
condition for wheat sowing, It give
th farmer two chance for a crop. If
tb wbeat doe well during the fall, win
ter and epring it will be out of tbe way
of tb drouth and hot winds, and it
winter kill there will be still a chance
for a corn crop. Crop abould ba rotated
anyway. Tbe same crop after crop of
any kind soon strikes bottom. ,-
Do the atate officers stop all tbe sup
plies and salaries ot state institutions
when a legal queetion arises as to wno
to the rightful manager of that institu
tion? Tba aupreme court naa lately de
cided what constitute atate Institu
tions. Consistency la a political jewel
and It atand a party In hand to wear
tbat Jewel when tbey have no votea to
spare.
It la currently reported that Senator
Roiile to to bs county treasurer again
for two term at tbe band nil). K,
Thompson, ll would anew that on
ofllu wo enough lor any man, but
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